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The Surprising Greatness of The Croods: A New Age
“It’s really bad,” my wife told me after she watched The Croods: A New Age in the theater. “The jokes were all in the trailer, the characters get really creepy at certain points like when they eat, there’s an annoying … Continue reading
Posted in Pleasant Surprises
Tagged animated films, comedy, dreamworks, films, movies, sequels, the croods
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The Beautiful Symmetry of Beauty and the Beast (1991)
I had planned on analyzing Spider-Man 3 for a chiastic structure before moving on to any other film, but I couldn’t get Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (1991) out of my head, so it looks like this is the one … Continue reading
Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus
Tagged animated films, beauty and the beast, chiasmus, classic films, disney, fairy tales, films, movie review, movies
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Our Bray-ve New World
The puppet masters who have made it simple to enjoy hookup culture, courageous to buck normalcy, and easy to get credit have now closed the doors and are herding us into our nice, comfortable cages. My fellow donkeys, welcome to the bray-ve new world. Continue reading
Posted in Significant Scenes, Videos
Tagged animated films, classic films, disney, films, movie review, movies, pinocchio, roosh v, videos
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Wreck-It Ralph Sums Up My Feelings on Modern TV Shows
Despite reading all of the available books in the Song of Ice and Fire series, I’ve never watched an episode of Game of Thrones. Despite watching every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation as a kid and adult, I … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Scenes, Videos
Tagged animated films, disney, game of thrones, movie violence, star trek, the witcher, TV shows, videos, wreck it ralph
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The Mystery of the One Crazy Rhyme in ‘Mother Knows Best’
I’m not one to obsess over little details, am I? Oh, except for just about every movie I’ve ever written about on this website. Be that as it may, I can’t quite wrap my head around one particular rhyme in … Continue reading
Posted in Random Stuff, Videos
Tagged animated films, disney, music, musical, songs, soundtrack, tangled, videos
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The Loneliness at the Top
Success is hard. It’s not just hard to attain, but it’s equally hard to endure. Have you ever wanted to do something so badly, and you worked hard until you finally did it? It might be finishing a college degree, … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Scenes
Tagged animated films, chariots of fire, competition, disney, films, movie review, movies, patton, sports, tangled, war movies
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My Marlin Moment
One of my sons recently taught me an important lesson. This is the same son who took many years to tell me that he loves me. During his bedtime routine, he was running around an office chair as he flossed … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Scenes, Videos
Tagged animated films, family, fathers, films, finding nemo, movies, parents, pixar, videos
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Each Toy Story Movie Summed Up in 1 Word
I was worried when I heard that there was going to be a Toy Story 4 because the third one ended the series on a high note. I thought that it could only be downhill from there. But I was … Continue reading
Posted in One-Word Film Reviews
Tagged animated films, films, movie review, movies, pixar, sequels, toy story
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The Original Anna and Elsa Didn’t End Well
My oldest brother, who inspired the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade/Tomb Raider comparison, is back with another movie matchup along those same lines. It turns out that more than 20 years before Frozen debuted, there was another Anna and Elsa. Specifically … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Matchups
Tagged action movies, animated films, comedy, films, frozen, fun, funny, humor, indiana jones, movies
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